Fort West End Asset Ltd
Registered name: FORT WEST END ASSET LTD
Part of Safl British Hotels Limited groupFort West End Asset Ltd made £70k revenue and £68.2k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Fort West End Asset Ltd’s revenue was £70k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £68.2k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “SAFL British Hotels Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £70k | £70k | £70k | £70k |
| Gross profit | £70k | £70k | £70k | £70k |
| Profit before tax | £61.8k | £61.5k | £68.1k | £68.2k |
| Profit after tax | £61.8k | £61.5k | £68.1k | £68.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £61.8k | £61.5k | £68.1k | £68.2k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 88.3% | 87.8% | 97.3% | 97.4% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £35k | £23.3k | £23.3k | £23.3k |
| Profit per employee | £30.9k | £20.5k | £22.7k | £22.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼0.5% | ▲10.8% | ▲0.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲50% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.9k | £5.9k | — | — |
| Net assets | £86.6k | £148k | £116k | £184k |
| Current assets | £205k | £267k | £234k | — |
| Debtors | £199k | £261k | £234k | £300k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 97.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £23.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 428.4%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲59%
- Now £184k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Safl British Hotels Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Fort West End Asset Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Fort West End Hotel Management Company LtdRev. £1.8m · Profit £535k
- Oban Regent Management LimitedRev. £1.1m · Profit −£619k
- Oban Queens Management LimitedRev. £784k · Profit £317k
- Glasgow Erskine Bridge Hotel Asset Company LimitedRev. £230k · Profit £228k
- Oban Regent Assets LimitedRev. £90k · Profit £87.9k
- Oban Queens Hotel LimitedRev. £84k · Profit £82.2k
- Glasgow Erskine Bridge Hotel Management Company LimitedRev. £49.5k · Profit −£1.1m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £68.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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